Andrea Cipressa (born 14 December 1963) is an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team

foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ...

event at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. He is now director of foil for the

Italian Fencing Federation The Italian Fencing Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Scherma, FIS) is the national governing body for the fencing sport in Italy. The FIS is currently based in Rome. The FIS was founded is 1909 and was one of the nine founding nations of The ...

. His daughter, Erica Cipressa, is also a foil fencer. He is the '' Commissario tecnico'' of the

Italy national fencing team The Italy national fencing team represents Italy in International fencing competitions such as Olympic Games or World Fencing Championships. History The national Italian fencing team participated to all the Summer Olympics editions, from Paris ...

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* * 1963 births Living people Italian male fencers Italian foil fencers Olympic fencers of Italy Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Venice Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics {{Italy-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub